When Zhao Junchen returned home, he had just got off the sedan when the concierge informed Zhao Junchen that Wei Huai, the commander of the West Factory, had been waiting for Zhao Junchen in the mansion for a long time.
At the beginning, when Zhao Junchen was ordered to establish the West Factory, Wei Huai contributed a lot and can be remembered as the first contributor; after the establishment of the West Factory, Wei Huai has always been Zhao Junchen's right-hand man in the affairs of the West Factory, because Wei Huai
Because of his existence, Zhao Junchen almost never worried about the affairs of the West Factory. All matters, big and small, were handled in an orderly manner by Wei Huai. Wei Huai also always handled the tasks assigned by Zhao Junchen properly.
Now, although Xichang is about to be returned to the inner court, Zhao Junchen's emphasis on Wei Huai has not changed at all.
Therefore, after hearing that Wei Huai was waiting for him in the mansion, Zhao Junchen immediately walked towards the study, and at the same time ordered the servants in the mansion to lead Wei Huai to the study to meet him.
When Zhao Junchen saw Wei Huai in the study, he found that Wei Huai was still the same as before, sitting on a wheelchair being pushed, with a skinny figure but bright eyes, a pale face and sinister eyes, which gave people an inexplicable feeling.
Chill.
"Master Zhao."
After arriving in the study, Wei Huai sat in a wheelchair and bowed to Zhao Junchen.
Zhao Junchen waved his hand, and Xichang Fanzi, who was pushing the wheelchair, bowed and left.
Then, Zhao Junchen smiled at Wei Huai and asked: "Mr. Wei, during today's court meeting, did you hear about His Majesty's decision that the West Factory will be returned to the inner court soon?"
Wei Huai nodded and replied in his usual hoarse voice: "I heard about it, so I asked to see you at the first opportunity."
Zhao Junchen shook his head slightly and said: "As you and I expected, after the Southern Tour is over, Your Majesty will take back the power of the West Factory from me. Regarding this matter, I have asked you to keep it a secret even before the Southern Tour started.
You are ready. It has been five months now. I want to know how you are preparing."
Wei Huai was not surprised by Zhao Junchen's straightforward inquiry. He just took out a secret letter from his arms, handed it to Zhao Junchen with both hands, and said: "This is the second batch of lists, with a total of 137 people in it."
, all of them can be trusted, they will completely obey Mr. Zhao, plus the 213 people on the first list, now nearly half of the people in Xichang are completely under your control. So, Xichang
The West Factory will still be in your hands, Mr. Zhao. From now on, it will only obey your orders, Mr. Zhao."
Speaking of the latter part, Wei Huai's tone was somewhat meaningful.
As Wei Huai said, this is the second list he has given to Zhao Junchen. Long before the southern tour, Wei Huai had already given Zhao Junchen a similar list.
After Zhao Junchen took the list, he reviewed it carefully and found that there were a large number of names, followed by dense notes. These notes were all incriminating evidence for everyone on the list. It was precisely because of these incriminating evidence that Zhao Junchen could
Control numerous characters in your roster.
When Wei Huai was ordered to select the personnel of the West Factory, he did the opposite and used the power of investigation during the selection process to find many people who appeared to be loyal on the surface, but who had done many things that deceived the emperor and violated the law in private.
The Jinyi Guards, Imperial Guards, and Inner Court eunuchs were transferred to Xichang to serve. He also took the opportunity to control the evidence of these people, and then Wei Huai used these evidences to coerce and induce them. In the end, these people naturally had no choice but to
Be loyal to Zhao Junchen.
Since the establishment of the West Factory, this matter has always been Wei Huai's most important task.
After reviewing the list carefully, Zhao Junchen nodded and said: "Very good, the two lists combined total nearly 400 people, including the lowest-level fans as well as high-level officials.
Households are spread across all levels of the West Factory, and they are all the backbone of the West Factory. With the help of these people, even if the West Factory is returned to the inner court, it is still in our hands."
While speaking, a trace of thought flashed across Zhao Junchen's expression.
Speaking of which, Xichang has the power of investigation and has always been the most powerful force in Zhao Junchen's hands. However, since Zhao Junchen became the director of Xichang, he has never used Xichang's power to do things for himself, even if
Even when Zhao Junchen encountered difficulties and crises, he always stayed away from the power of Xichang.
Because Zhao Junchen knew very well that although Xichang's power was huge and astonishing, it also had many disadvantages: Xichang was the imperial power of Emperor Deqing, and if he used it privately, he would arouse the dissatisfaction and dissatisfaction of Emperor Deqing.
Suspicion is one of them; the power of Xichang represents the arbitrariness of the imperial power and has always been resisted by hundreds of officials. Even if you can benefit from Xichang's power for a while, it will inevitably face the rejection and backlash of officials in the future, which is not conducive to
Long-term development is the second one; the reputation of factory guards among the government and the public is extremely poor. If Zhao Junchen is too closely connected with the West Factory, it will destroy Zhao Junchen's plan to reverse his reputation. Therefore, Zhao Junchen has been deliberately downplaying his reputation.
This is the third fact about the director of the West Factory.
Therefore, unless ordered by Emperor Deqing, Zhao Junchen would never use the power of Xichang. Under Zhao Junchen's deliberate downplay, Xichang has always maintained a low profile and was often ignored by the government and the opposition.
However, a power as powerful as Xichang's, obviously in his hands but never used, is naturally a bit of a waste.
Now, with the changing situation, it is finally time for Zhao Junchen to use this power.
On the surface, Emperor Deqing had taken back the power of Xichang from Zhao Junchen. From then on, what Xichang did had nothing to do with Zhao Junchen; at the same time, Zhao Junchen made various preparations but failed
It is a good thing for Zhao Junchen that he still maintains control over Xichang, because Zhao Junchen has ostensibly cleared up his relationship with Xichang. However, due to Emperor Deqing's suspicion and the rejection of hundreds of officials,
The hostility between the government and the public will not be implicated in Zhao Junchen, which means that Zhao Junchen can finally use the power of Xichang at will in the future.
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In addition, through his secret control of Xichang, Zhao Junchen can also use Xichang to infiltrate the imperial party and the inner court.
While he was thinking secretly, within just a moment, Zhao Junchen already had a series of plans in his mind.
However, in front of Wei Huai, Zhao Junchen did not express his thoughts. He just sighed to Wei Huai: "It's really a blessing for Mr. Wei. It's a pity that after I return the West Factory to the inner court, you still have to stay."
Xichang helped me secretly control the situation, but in order to control the overall situation of Xichang, the new factory supervisor will probably try every means to suppress you, and then he will be even more aggrieved."
Wei Huai said with a calm expression: "This is also the choice I made myself, so I don't feel aggrieved."
Seeing Wei Huai's appearance, Zhao Junchen shook his head helplessly.
Then, after Zhao Junchen thought for a while, he suddenly said: "Speaking of which, while the candidate for the new factory supervisor has not yet been confirmed in the West Factory, I still need you to do something for me."
"Please give me your instructions, sir."
At the same time, while Zhao Junchen and Wei Huai were having a secret conversation, the inner court was filled with joy.
The great eunuchs from the Twelve Supervisors, Fourth Division, and Eighth Bureau were also gathered together at this time, and they all looked happy.
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